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Download Issue 18 of The MagPi Digital Magazine for lovers of the Raspberry Pi

Andrew Edney

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Nov 3, 2013

If you have, or are interested in the Raspberry Pi, then you might want to download the new issue of The MagPi digital magazine.

This is how the Raspberry Pi guys describe the magazine:

The MagPi, a free online magazine dedicated to the Raspberry Pi, whose first issue was released a few days ago, is a perfect example of that. It’s been put together entirely by volunteers, guided by Ash Stone, Jason “Jaseman” Davies, Meltwater and other names you may recognise from the forums and comments on this site. I was broadly aware they were up to something, but I was amazed at the scope of what they sent me to look at earlier in the week, and I’ve been really, really impressed by the first issue. There are Debian and Puppy guides, articles on computing history, ideas for robotics projects, tutorials in Scratch and Python (with code you can type in yourself, just like in the good old days), features about the Raspberry Pi itself, and other goodies to dig into. I really can’t recommend it enough, and if you haven’t been lucky enough to get to the head of the queue, you don’t need a Raspberry Pi to find it useful (you might actually find the magazine good preparation before yours arrives).

It is a really interesting read – so go download it today, and let us know what you think!

Download the new issue of The MagPi here Check out the videos we made with Eben Upton Check out our unboxing of our Raspberry Pi

Call of Duty: Ghosts live action trailer featuring Megan Fox out now

Andrew Edney

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Nov 2, 2013

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The official Call of Duty: Ghosts live action trailer, directed by James Mangold and featuring Megan Fox, follows four buddies on the trip of a lifetime through Las Vegas and beyond.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNxh7umVOZ0

Call of Duty: Ghosts arrives globally on November 5th, 2013.

Grand Theft Auto Online Update (November 1st) from Rockstar

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Andrew Edney

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Nov 2, 2013

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Rockstar have been in touch tell us about some updates to Grand Theft Auto Online.

This is what Rockstar told us:

Currently, we expect the next title update (1.05) addressing player progress loss issues to be available sometime early next week. Following that, we hope to deliver everyone’s GTA$ Stimulus Package before the end of next week. A big thank you to GTA Online players worldwide for your continued patience and understanding and we will continue to keep you all updated.

THE GTA$ STIMULUS PACKAGE

We know many of you are anxiously waiting for us to show you the GTA$ Stimulus Package money we announced a couple weeks back. As mentioned in that post, we of course want to ensure that game progress loss issues are sufficiently sorted before distributing the GTA$ to everyone. We have a few more tweaks and fixes to make in a new title update that will hit sometime next week and then we will distribute the cash.

THE BEACH BUM PACK

Coming in early November will be the first add-on content update, the Beach Bum Pack which will bring all-new beach themed vehicles and new weaponry that you’ll be able to use in both GTA Online and Story Mode. Plus new customization options for your GTA Online character including new tats, hairstyles and more. We’ll also be adding lots of brand new action-packed Jobs to play with Gang Attacks, Survivals, Last Team Standings, Parachutes, Deathmatches and Races that will have you bloodying up the waters and coastlines of the finest beach resorts across Los Santos and Blaine County.

THE CONTENT CREATOR

We are also working to bring you the debut of the first part of the GTA Online Content Creator this fall – giving players the ability to craft, publish, rate and play custom-made Deathmatch and Race Jobs. We’ll be keeping our eye open for exceptional ones that we’ll be stamping as ‘Rockstar Verified’ and will be featuring them here at the Newswire and as part of forthcoming GTA Online Social Club Events. Both the Content Creator and the Beach Bum Pack are free.

SOCIAL CLUB EVENT WEEKENDS

Starting in November will be the first Grand Theft Auto Online Social Club Event weekends which will bring special rewards and bonuses ranging from limited-edition in-game Event Crate Drops to in-game discount specials and even a special new GTA Online live-stream show hosted by Rockstar at the Social Club Events page and Rockstar Games Twitch page – plus prize pack giveaways of hard to find GTAV gear and more.

Do you play Grand Theft Auto Online? Tell us what you think about the news by leaving a comment below.

THIEF – Stories from the City – Part 1

Andrew Edney

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Nov 2, 2013

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Square Enix and Eidos-Montréal have released the first trailer in a new series of stylized videos that focus on the rich tapestry of Thief; its City and its characters.

Each trailer in this new series tells the story of the City from the perspective of a different character in THIEF’s narrative describing what life is like in the broken, repressed City that is being ravaged by the evil Baron Northcrest and the mysterious sickness known as ‘The Gloom’.

“Now I get others to do the hard work. ‘Cause I’ve got the contacts.

If you’re a wrong ‘un, chances are you know me.

Maybe you owe me. Maybe I owe you.

Now it’s a different. We’re all in the same shithole.

The Gloom’s got the City by the neck; The Watch has got it by the balls.

The City’s dying, right enough.

But maybe there’s a fella I know who can steal back its life.”

The first trailer focuses on Basso, a former boxman (safe-cracker) turned fence, who uses his vast connections to The City’s underworld to organise thieving jobs for Garrett. He owns an intelligent, but bad tempered magpie called Jenivere who delivers messages for him. Garrett might consider himself a loner, but Basso is the nearest thing he has to a friend. And whether he readily admits it or not; he rather likes the fellow.

http://youtu.be/mjrUeAIjdDg

Joe Khoury is the Lead Designer on Thief, working for Eidos-Montréal, who have a great track record when it comes to games, including DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTION, and I recently had the chance to talk to him about THIEF:

THIEF is due for release on Windows PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One on 28^th February 2014 in Europe and other PAL territories.

Game Announces 300 Stores Open for Midnight Launch of COD: Ghosts

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Chris Hare

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Nov 2, 2013

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GAME Stratford will be opening its doors at midnight on Monday 4th November, ahead of the launch of the highly anticipated Call of Duty: Ghosts on Tuesday 5th November.

To meet the massive demand, GAME across the country will be opening more than 300 stores at midnight on Monday 4th November. Call of Duty fans will get the chance to be first in the queue to experience the long awaited next instalment of the biggest entertainment franchise in the world.

Those fortunate enough to make it down to GAME Stratford at Westfield for the midnight launch will also be in with the chance of meeting the legendary Tina Palacios, Senior Community Manager at Infinity Ward and avid COD gamer.

As well as this, customers planning to attend the GAME Stratford midnight launch are encouraged to get down to the store from 6pm to be in with a chance to win ‘money can’t buy’ entry into the Activision launch party happening at Indigo, 02. Customers at the store will be given raffle tickets upon arrival, with four lucky winners being drawn from the queue at 6:30pm, 7:30pm and again at 8:30pm and transported straight to the launch event where they will also be gifted with a copy of Call of Duty: Ghosts GAME Exclusive Free Fall Edition.

The franchise that has defined a generation of gaming is set to raise the bar once again with the all-new Call of Duty: Ghosts. Published by Activision and developed by Infinity Ward, the studio that created the original Call of Duty and the seminal Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series, Call of Duty: Ghosts ushers in the next generation of the franchise. The new title delivers a riveting all-new gameplay experience built on an entirely new story, setting and cast of characters, all powered by a new, next generation Call of Duty engine that redefines the series for the next generation.

As well as reimagining the single-player mode, Call of Duty: Ghosts has upgraded multiplayer mode in the biggest redevelopment since Modern Warfare. Players can now customise their soldier with up to 9,000 combinations and also experience seven new multiplayer modes such as Cranked, Search & Rescue and Blitz.

Charlotte Knight, Category Director at GAME, says: “The excitement around Call of Duty is always huge and the new Call of Duty: Ghosts is no exception. Our midnight launch at GAME will be a great chance for fans of the game to come down and experience the buzz. With GAME Exclusive Free Fall edition has already been really popular and for those wanting the chance to play multi-player on an exclusive map, the Free Fall edition is for you!”

Call of Duty: Ghosts will be released on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii U, PC, and next-generation platforms, from 5th November.

For the latest information on Call of Duty: Ghosts midnight store launches, visit http://instore.game.co.uk/midnight-launches/#Ghosts_link.

Nexus 5 Arrives with 4.4 KitKat

Chris Hare

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Oct 31, 2013

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At last the Nexus 5 smartphone has arrived, the first device to come with its Android 4.4 KitKat operating system pre-installed.

The LG made handset is quoted as the “slimmest and fastest Nexus phone” yet, with a 2.3 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor and 2GB of RAM on board.

The Nexus 5 available in White and Black

With the Nexus 5 weighting at 130g and measuring in at 8.59mm thin, the device includes a 5-inch Full-HD display made of Corning Gorilla Glass 3, an Adreno 330 GPU running at 450 MHz, and a 2300 mAH battery with wireless charging functionality.

Available in black or white, the handset comes with an 8-megapixel camera with Optical Image Stabilisation on the rear, and a 1.3-megapixel snapper on the front for video conferencing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i291KxrQ8uQ

Here is a video from Three in the uk showing off the new Nexus 5

Google are claiming that the Nexus 5’s battery is capable of providing up to 17 hours of talk time, 300 hours of standby time, and eight and a half hours of web browsing, dropping to seven hours on LTE.

With features include support for LTE, microUSB, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0 and dual-band Wi-Fi, as well as dual microphones, and a built-in speaker and a 3.5mm jack connector.

Both 16GB (£299) and 32GB (£339) storage options are available,from Google’s online store front.

South Park The Stick of Truth delayed until March 2014

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Andrew Edney

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Oct 31, 2013

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South Park The Stick of Truth delayed until March 2014

Ubisoft have announced that their forthcoming game South Park The Stick of Truth that was supposed to be released in December has been delayed.

“We always wanted the game to feel like you’re actually in an episode of South Park,” says Matt Stone and Trey Parker. “Getting the game up to the crappy standards of the show has been a real challenge and we’re excited to say it’s taken way longer than we thought it would.”

South Park: The Stick of Truth will now release in the UK on March 7, 2014.

But to make up for it, here is a new trailer:

Watch the Official Call of Duty: Ghosts Free Fall Gameplay Trailer

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Chris Hare

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Oct 31, 2013

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Watch the first gameplay footage from Free Fall, a downloadable bonus multiplayer map for Call of Duty: Ghosts. Pre-order at participating retailers and get the map that drops you into a shattered skyscraper on the brink of collapse.

Are you looking forward to the new Call of Duty out next week.

Total War: ROME II Blood & Gore DLC Announce

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Chris Hare

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Oct 31, 2013

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Blood & Gore brings the savagery of front-line combat to viscera-splattering life with decapitations, dismemberment and devastating impalements. Featuring hundreds of gruesome animations that play out in combat between multiple different unit types, the massed battles of Total War: ROME II will never be the same again.

Employing a more refined particle system than Shogun 2, Blood & Gore for ROME II looks and feels grittier and more brutal. Gore coats combatants, the ground will become soaked with blood, and you’ll hear every stab, slash and impact with bespoke new sound effects.

Blood & Gore is available now for ROME II on Steam for $2.99 USD, £1.99 GBP, €2.49 EUR, $3.99 AUD, 69p. RUB, R$4.99 BRL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kta4sM5NkDo

Soul Calibur 2 HD Online Release Date Announce

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Chris Hare

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Oct 31, 2013

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Soul Calibur 2 HD Online Release Date Announce

NAMCO BANDAI today announced that SOUL CALIBUR II HD Online will be available worldwide on 20th November 2013, as an Arcade game on Xbox Live and via the PlayStation Network for the PlayStation 3. The game will be available for download on both Xbox Live and PSN for the suggested price of €18.99. (UK =>Xbox Live £13.49, PSN £14.99)